Surry in Surry County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Southwark Parish Churches

Photographed by Laura Troy, September 23, 2007

1. Southwark Parish Churches Marker

Inscription. Southwark Parish was established in 1647. To the northeast stood the second Southwark church built by 1673 and abandoned shortly after the American Revolution. To the east, near Bacon’s Castle, Southwark Parish vestry completed the Lower Southwark Church in 1754. It too fell into disuse after the American Revolution and the disestablishment of the Anglican Church, but other denominations occasionally held services there. Episcopalians settled a mission at the church in 1847, but were forced by the other groups using the building to erect their own church nearby. Fire gutted the building in 1868, but some brick ruins remain.

Erected 2005 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number K-229.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1647.

Location. 37° 7.995′ N, 76° 53.202′ W. Marker is in Surry, Virginia, in Surry County. It is at the intersection of Colonial Trail West (Virginia Route 10) and Hollybush Road (County Route 618), on the left when traveling north on Colonial Trail West. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Surry VA 23883, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Coastal Virginia

and in the Hampton Roads Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

and in the Tidewater.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pace’s Paines (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); English Settlement on Gray’s Creek (about 300 feet away); Glebe House of Southwark Parish (approx. 0.3 miles away); Christian Church (approx. 2 miles away); Organization of the Christian Church (approx. 2 miles away); Surry County WWII Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.8 miles away); Smith’s Fort Plantation (approx. 2.8 miles away); Chanco (approx. 2.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Surry.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Organization of the Christian Church (was approx. 2.1 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

More about this marker. This marker sits across the street from two other markers: K-224 and K-319

Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 24, 2007, by Laura Troy of Burke, Virginia. This page has been viewed 6,356 times since then and 242 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on September 24, 2007, by Laura Troy of Burke, Virginia. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.